In late 1918, saloons, dance halls, and cinemas shuttered across the United States. Streets were largely empty. Many cities required residents venturing outdoors to wear masks. The millions who ...

A new World Health Organization (WHO) regional survey assessing progress on patient safety across the African Region finds ...

Geneva, 28 May 2025 – The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78), the annual meeting of World Health Organization’s (WHO) Member States, came to a close Tuesday, as health leaders lauded vast ...

6 April 2026, Geneva / Washington, DC-- The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) call on people everywhere to renew their commitment to science as the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Commonwealth Secretariat today agreed to renew their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for four years, reaffirming their shared commitment to improving ...

“There is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any potential benefit. In fact, there’s some evidence to suggest the opposite in the misuse of wearing a ...

Donald Trump has declared that he would like the United States to stop funding the World Health Organization. It’s unclear if he has the authority to change policy in this way, but he’s trying. He ...

The World Health Organization has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. Cases of mpox — previously called monkeypox — have been surging in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ethiopia has achieved a major milestone in strengthening national health emergency preparedness and response following the successful World Health Organization (WHO) verification of its National ...

The ear is divided into three basic parts – the outer, middle and inner ear. Each part serves a specific purpose in detecting and interpreting sound. Ear health encompasses numerous conditions that ...